KU star freshman Andrew Wiggins, a native of Ontario, offered the sum of his knowledge about the Cardinal: "I know they have two Canadians."

Those would be senior forward Dwight Powell and junior center Stefan Nastic, also both from Ontario.

Wiggins' fellow freshman Joel Embiid, a 7-foot freshman from Cameroon, is expected to miss his sixth straight game with a stress fracture in his lower back. Embiid is projected as perhaps the top pick in the NBA draft.

"We said all along he would be the longest of long shots for this weekend," KU coach Bill Self said Thursday. Those close to the program said Friday that isn't likely to change because both Embiid's professional future and the KU program's credibility with recruits is at stake.

Wiggins, also projected as a top-five NBA draft pick, scored 19 points in the Jayhawks' 80-69 win over Eastern Kentucky.

Robbie Lemons had attempted just 12 free throws all season, and he missed five of them.

With Stanford nursing a 54-52 lead against New Mexico and just 23.8 seconds left, Lemons was fouled. "We fouled who we wanted to foul," said Lobos coach Craig Neal, aware that Lemons had limited experience on the line.

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The senior walk-on guard made both shots to help clinch Stanford's 58-53 win.

"It was huge, it was great to knock those down," Lemons said. "Especially to do it in this atmosphere, that's what you dream about."

Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins was able to award Lemons a scholarship for his junior season but didn't have one to give him this year.

"He has never approached the game or practice like a walk-on," Dawkins said. "He approached it like he deserves to be a player, and I think that's why when he had this moment he was able to step up."

It wasn't Powell's best game, certainly not on offense. The senior forward shot 0 for 8 and scored just three points before fouling out in the final minute.

"We won, that's all that matters," the All-Pac-12 senior said. "Unfortunately, I didn't really contribute on the offensive end, but we won."

Powell did good work on defense, helping to hold New Mexico 7-foot center Alex Kirk without a field goal. Powell contributed four rebounds, two steals and a block. But Stanford missed his 14.2 points per game.

"He is a young man that will bounce back. He always has," Dawkins said. "What Dwight won't get credit for is his outstanding defensive effort. He made a lot of winning plays for us, he just didn't score as well."

DODGING ONE BULLET

Stanford catches a break as third-round foe Kansas will likely be without star center Joel Embiid. However, the Cardinal will have to contend with forward Andrew Wiggins. Here are their stats entering the NCAA tournament: